ʿAtaq

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عتق
' Ataq
'Ataq (Yemen)
'Ataq
'Ataq
Coordinates 14 ° 55 '  N , 46 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 14 ° 55 '  N , 46 ° 49'  E
Basic data
Country Yemen

Governorate

Shabwa
ISO 3166-2 YE-SH
height 1146 m
Residents 6608 (2003)
Old and modern houses in 'Ataq
Old and modern houses in 'Ataq

The small town of ʿAtaq (also: Attaq or Atak ( Arabic عتق, DMG ʿAtaq )) is the capital of the Yemeni Shabwa Governorate . It is located about 460 km southeast of Sanaa , on the west side of the southern Hadramaut table. It can be reached via Marib .

ʿAtaq is about 1150 meters high on average and extends over various altitude levels (according to the GeoNames data world ). According to its own census, the village had around 6600 inhabitants in 2003. In the entire administrative district it is projected to almost 44,000 inhabitants. North of liegtAtaq is the district airport ( ICAO code : OYAT, IATA airport code : AXK).

On May 24, 1994, ʿAtaq was captured by North Yemeni armed forces.

Attractions

The clearly modern 'Ataq is architecturally hardly comparable to other central Yemeni cities, which enables a different way of life. For example, more than half of all buildings are just two-story.

The importance of the Schabwa Museum goes back to prehistoric exhibits, some of which were excavated in the immediate vicinity and which are contained therein. There are exhibits from remains of the submerged old South Arabian capital of the Hadramaut , Shabwat and cultural relics from Qataban .

'Ataq has an old souq , hospital and hotel. There is a military camp in the west of the city.

literature

  • AM Bafaqīh: L'unification du Yémen antique. La lutte entre Saba ', Himyar et le Hadramawt de Ier au IIIème siècle de l'ère chrétienne. ( Bibliothèque de Raydan , 1) Paris 1990.
  • (Various authors): Fouilles de Shabwa , in: Syria. Revue d'art oriental et d'archéologie , Tome 68, Fasc. 1-4. Geuthner, Paris 1991, pp. 1-462.
  • German Archaeological Institute , Sana'a branch: Archaeological reports from Yemen. Verlag Philipp von Zabern , Mainz 1982–2008 (volumes 1–11); Dr. Ludwig Reichert, Wiesbaden 2008– (from volume 12).
  • Horst Kopp (Editor): Regional Geography Yemen , Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2005, ISBN 3-89500-500-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Kopp (editor), Yemen geography (2005), Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, p. 91 Population figures of Yemeni provincial capitals 2003 (calculation by World Gezatteer)
  2. ↑ see map; In: Horst Kopp (editor): Länderkunde Yemen , Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 2005, ISBN 3-89500-500-2 .
  3. ↑ Country Analysis Briefs: 1994
  4. ↑ Jenny Walker, Stuart Butler, Frances Linzee Gordon, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston (2007). Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula (2 ed.), P. 499
  5. ↑ The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Volumes 90-92, Woolwich, Eng. Royal Artillery Institution, 1963
  6. ↑ The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia; P. 151 ff.

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